Abby Shute Merchant Papers 1912-1940

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Abby Shute Merchant Papers 1912-1940

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Playwright. Typescripts of plays, some with explanatory notes.

1 box; (.25 linear ft.)

eng,

Sophia Smith Collection

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Merchant, Abby

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Program cover for the Equity 48th Street production of The New Englander , 1924 Abby Shute Merchant was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1882; graduated Smith College 1904; later studied at Radcliffe, 1913-15. Editor for Craftsman, 1909; wrote for Sheet and Smith, 1909-12. Part-owner, the Prairie Playhouse, Galesburg (Ill), 1915-16, one of the first rural regional theatres using repertory techniques in community setting. Playwright 1912-40. She died in 1982. ...